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perkk

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Dec 21, 2010 02:21

On Monday night I went to go see "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" at the Lagoon Cinema in Uptown. I highly recommend it! It's a Finnish independent film, very off beat, and very good. It was based on a short film that obtained some cultish status on the Internet and a favorite of mine. I recently discovered that they then made a sequel short ( Read more... )

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perkk December 21 2010, 16:37:03 UTC

It's kind of a horror film. I am quite surprised you don't know the short film. It's the idea that Santa Clause is a much older and darker creature than fairy tales have evolved him into.

jss1113 December 21 2010, 12:52:29 UTC

> It's content is not appropriate for small children.

Shame on you for that typo.

perkk December 21 2010, 16:35:19 UTC

Thank you, now fixed.

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rvrjoe775 December 21 2010, 21:13:01 UTC

I've just always kept in mind that possessive pronouns (ours, its, whose, theirs) do not have apostrophes.

kj December 21 2010, 22:38:52 UTC

Is it sad that I know from memory a URL where this image lives?

Oh, and.. one more night? Crap. I've meant to go see it.

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kauko December 21 2010, 16:11:43 UTC

Funny fact, in Finnish Santa is called Joulupukki, which means 'Yule goat'.

kauko December 21 2010, 16:22:32 UTC

I wish that movie were playing here. Guess I'll have to wait til it comes out on DVD :(

perkk December 21 2010, 16:38:09 UTC

I may likely acquire a copy when if/when it comes out.

perkk December 21 2010, 16:38:55 UTC

The kind of point that out and certainly play off of that in the film.

I didn't know you were so extreme? tkn1114 December 22 2010, 05:37:29 UTC

a benevolent jolly altruistic philanthropic personification of capitalism - not a bad back hand.

I take it your intellectual parents brought you up secular? Otoh, let's not take this too seriously, like we did the Blair Project (or whatever that was). It's a great spoof. Albeit reeked of Deliverance meets Hostel rip-offs. This must be the Eurotrash that becomes white trash when they come to America? :-.D Don't ask me to elaborate on that.

Yeah, I give it an A, for the audacity of fat nudity that will never happen in American movies. It's a fun premise. I was waiting for a flash in front of the kid :-.D O, why not? He's supposed to be an animal to begin with. Right?

Re: I didn't know you were so extreme? perkk December 22 2010, 15:27:59 UTC

not a bad back hand

Thank you. I was trying to find an alternate and contrasting way to describe Santa Clause. I didn't use attributes which seemed common to both the movie and popular culture - magical, longevity, discerning, elf mastery, toy making, hefty, aged, and somehow inexplicably related to without any obvious support from religious texts.

secular?I guess you could say I was raised in a more secular manner, yes. We didn't belong to a church; so the times that I attended with friends or extended family were more the exception than the rule. As a result, I often found such occasions more interesting; if naught else, as a diversion from routine things ( ... )

Re: I didn't know you were so extreme? tkn1114 December 22 2010, 20:35:33 UTC

I'm still checking out the vvhole series, so fill me in.

somehow inexplicably related to without any obvious support from religious texts.

This is "loosely" based on some kind of Finnish folkrore, right?

I thought the elves vvere the mutilated raindeers the hunters found in the snovv? I thought that vvas avvesome.

I've alvvays believed there is a dark side to Santa before this film! I remember reading books and hearing tales about "the ogre Santa Claus". But the training in this film vvas hilarious! :-.)

As a result, I often found such occasions more interesting; if naught else, as a diversion from routine things.This is hovv I see religion, too. VVe have this in common. I vvas brought up to be respectful of other people's beliefs, regardless of religious brand. But it's still "touristic". VVe vvere brought up on the premise that spirituality =/= religiosity (before O ever heard of that vvord), so faith does not have to be religious but can be very secular. So Enlightenment is completely independent of religion. This is an ( ... )

Re: I didn't know you were so extreme? perkk December 23 2010, 03:31:17 UTC

Oh for the text reference, I mean how there's no reference to Santa Clause in the Bible. He could easily pick any day of the year.

I thought perhaps the elves were freed from the icy crypt, but upon reflection perhaps the transformation of reindeer makes more sense.

Yes, I think we are similar in our approach to religion.